Home Inspiration
Subdivide and Build Brilliance
GJ’s West Auckland new showhome ‘Tasteful in Te Atatu’ showcases a successful subdivide and build project. The GJ’s team effectively worked with the developer to subdivide their 800m2 section into 4 lots, keeping their original home and building 3 new spacious, two storey homes.The showhome is positioned at the front […]
Passive Design: The Future of Energy-Efficient Building
Passive design is a concept that has been gaining popularity in recent years as people become more conscious about their impact on the environment. It is a way of designing buildings that maximises the use of natural light, wind and temperature to reduce the need for artificial heating and cooling […]
Showhome Stunner – Poetic in Peacocke
GJ’s Hamilton franchise has yet again delivered another stunning showhome, with their latest addition ‘Poetic in Peacocke’. With its sharp silhouette, floor to ceiling windows and contrasting cladding it has an eye-catching streetside presence. This custom design home is designed for small families, first home buyers and downsizers. The 185m2 […]
Interior Inspiration – Romancing the Stone
A regular design fixture for years now, beautiful, elegant marble evolves yet again to be bolder and better with experimental silhouettes and statement finishes. Image of the Florence Coffee table by New Works, $1870 from Slow Store 1. Bookends, $32 from Paper Plane | 2. Coffee table by Normann Copenhagen, […]
How the colours of your home impacts your mood
It’s no secret that colours influence people’s emotions, this is why when it comes to the interior design of your home it is crucial that you choose colours that will make you feel good. These days, with their being so many different colour options (even if it is just trying […]
Minor Dwellings – Major Impact
If you’re looking for extra space for family, a home office, or a rental investment, you might have thought of building a minor dwelling on your property. A minor dwelling might be a smart solution, so where do you start and what should you know? We asked the team at […]
Designed For Good
Architecture and Design
Country Road…Take me Home
Good friends are hard to find but Anna Mulvaney and Tom Fleetwood have one who is right up there in the mates’ stakes. Not only did she put them in contact with the owners of their first house in Auckland (a villa they bought through private sale) but when she […]
Built-In Beauties
Seats and windows go together like coffee and doughnuts, but they’re not just a place to soak up the sun or gaze out at the view – built-in window seats are the ultimate multi-taskers Frame the moment If you have a view worth celebrating, no matter if that’s a sweeping […]
The Future of Paris is Bizarre
Epidemics change us and the world we inhabit. Even as we try to do our best to cruise out from under the dark cloud of Covid, we’ll be left with the scars and tweaks it made to our daily lives. Live with them long enough though and they may come […]
Peak Practical: The Humble Gable Roof
The gable roof has been around since the ancient Greeks used them to protect their temples (The Parthenon is just one example) and only the even-more-ancient Egyptians, who invented hip roofs – a precursor to the gable – could be considered to have spawned a more enduring architectural feature. Watch […]
All Set For The Endless Summer
Long and low-slung, this Kerikeri home has its design roots in a Californian desert. The owners, a semi-retired couple, swapped the birdsong and beauty of the Titirangi bush for this single-level dwelling that sprawls across the flat site taking delicious advantage of the sun. They came to Box™ clutching photographs […]
Future Is Tubular
Fort Lauderdale in Florida is getting a new luxury tower reaching 47 stories over the city if everything goes according to plan. Being developed by Dependable Equities and designed by New York agency ODA, they bought the site of the future construction for $23 million where a small law building […]
